A half dozen foreign writers in residence at the University of Iowa will address "Why I Write What I Write, and How I Write It" in a free International Writing Program (IWP) panel discussion with pizza at noon Friday, Oct. 28, in Meeting Room A of the Iowa City Public Library.

The Cinematheque series this week will screen the Palestinian film "The Time That Remains," plus "Peleshian Shorts" on Wednesday, Oct. 26, in Room E105 of the Adler Journalism Building, Media-Newswire.com reports.

Artavazd Peleshian is a celebrated Armenian filmmaker who creates short film-essays that express a poetic view of life through imagery. The films will be introduced by poet Alexandra Petrova, who was born in Russia and now lives in Italy.

Cinematheque is part of a UI class, but the public is invited to attend.

"Why I Write What I Write, and How I Write It" has become an annual theme for IWP writers, who provide insight into both their writing inspirations and goals, and their writing practices and techniques.